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Sorry for venting here, but I really don't have anyone else to talk to about this, I have no farm-friendly friends, and my mate just thinks I'm over reacting. If you talked to me just two or three years ago and told me I'd be living on a farm, if have laughed in your face. But when my mate got...

My buck is useless, I'll start with that. So, this time, we bred our two does to a friend's buck. They were bred on Feb 6. Seems like they should have had babies by now if they were going to. But I was very convinced it took this time. They have been very territorial, stomping and actually...

Made goat milk ice cream today, and i have to say, it was freaking awesome! lol

Question: maybe a stupid one...do you shake/stir your milk before using it? After sitting in the fridge for a few hours, it settles and a really thick cream is on top. My instinct on this is to shake it up really good before using it. Am I right, or maybe no?

We have hay now, we just had about a week and a half or so that we were out, because of getting snowed in.

We have a buck, but he's on the other side of the property from the does, and there are two young bucklings still in the pen with the does, 5 & 7 weeks, respectively. I know your supposed to wean them around 8 weeks, we're about to, as the older is already starting to get a little frisky. As far...

So, at the first of April, we plan to do a mass testing on our herd. We are closing our herd, so no new animals, and we want to have everyone tested across the board so we start *hopefully* on a clean bill of health. We're planning to do CAE, CL, Johne's, and maybe Brucella? Do any of you do...

The youngest kid in the group is about 7 weeks, so i don't think it should be colostrum, isn't that the first 2 weeks? And, yea, everyone I know that has had goats in the past (no one has them anymore) says that in taste tests, most people can't tell a difference. And the woman I bought these...

In case you haven't gathered by now, this is my first venture into milking goats. So, today, I got a whopping half pint of milk, and I felt like a ninja for a moment, because she tried to step in it, and I caught her foot mid-air and managed to milk one handed for a few minutes until my mate...

Thank you all for the wonderful suggestions! The only thing I'm really not sure about is, SA Farm you said you use a plastic measuring cup...everything I've read says plastic is a big no-no, because it's so hard to clean...how do you keep it clean enough?

So, today was my first milking experience. went out at 6 a.m., fingers crossed, pail in hand, hoping that the kids didn't get out again. The goats were just waking up, and the babies hadn't started trying to find a way out yet. awesome! So, we got the lead, and took the first mama to the...

Thanks p.o. we usually give them about half an hour (he tends to get bored and start exploring her food and water etc after that. ) Right now, we got a bit frustrated and borrowed a buck from a friend, and hopefully have two liters due on the 8th.

I knew about putting her in with him, I read that somewhere, she gets defensive of her space or something. We do that. I've even tried holding the doe with the appropriate end facing the buck, and he still goes around her to the front. I thought of leaving her in with him over night, but someone...

Depending on the registry, I know some allow you to register them as grades/percentages if you only have info on one parent...Idk about specific registries, but some do?

Anyone have problems with a confused buck? I have a buck and two does, and so far, any time we put him with one of them, he gets excited but he tends to mount the wrong end >.< as you can imagine, this is not productive at all. We've attempted about four times, and he's a year and a half old.

I have a standard LaMancha and her daughter that we are 90% sure is a mini mancha. I love her to pieces, she's easily my favorite. Great demeanor, she comes right up to me when I go outside, eats out of my hands, and even doors good with my kids (human kids)

Okay, so I guess tomorrow will be out first day milking, as the babies got our and back in with the mamas last night. Gotta find a better way to contain them.

Thank you all for the warm welcome, tomorrow should be interesting...my first day milking goats :-)

Hi all, I've been reading on BYH for awhile, but only just signed up tonight. You guys seem like a great crowd, and I was hoping you could give some advice. I did a lot of research on goats before getting them. But the set up we ended up getting threw us about ten steps ahead of the program. We...

I think I'm in the right spot for new member introductions. If not, I apologize, my phone makes some websites harder to navigate. Anyway, my mate and I live in concrete, wa. We have 2 kinder does in milk, 2 kinder doelings, a retired LaMancha doe, a hopefully pregnant LaMancha doe, and a pygmy...